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The discussion focuses on the relationship between displacement current and conduction current in a capacitor filled with a dielectric material that has non-zero conductivity. It establishes that under a DC voltage source, the displacement current equals zero, while the conduction current density in the dielectric remains non-zero due to leakage current. The conversation highlights the need to consider DC leakage current in the equations governing capacitor behavior, specifically noting that the conduction current in the wire is not solely represented by the equation I=CdV/dt.

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Assume a voltage source connected to a capacitor which filled with a dielectric material having non zero conductivity, then,
displacement current=conduction current of the wire=CdV/dt
while conduction current density of the dielectric=σE=σV/d
But considering dc source,
displacement current=conduction current of the wire=0,
while conduction current density of the dielectric=σV/d and not equals to zero
Why there will be a contradiction?
 
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yykcw said:
Assume a voltage source connected to a capacitor which filled with a dielectric material having non zero conductivity, then,
displacement current=conduction current of the wire=CdV/dt
while conduction current density of the dielectric=σE=σV/d
But considering dc source,
displacement current=conduction current of the wire=0,
while conduction current density of the dielectric=σV/d and not equals to zero
Why there will be a contradiction?

Welcome to the PF.

The DC leakage current is continuous through the wire and the dielectric. If there is leakage current in the capacitor, it has to be supplied by the wire.
 
berkeman said:
Welcome to the PF.

The DC leakage current is continuous through the wire and the dielectric. If there is leakage current in the capacitor, it has to be supplied by the wire.

So the equation I=CdV/dt has not considered the dc leakage? the actual conduction current in the wire is=∫σEdS?
How about at other frequency? Is the actual conduction current inside the wire equals to CdV/dt+∫σEdS(σ is the conductivity of the dielectric) but not just CdV/dt?
 
A practical capacitor can be modeled as an ideal capacitor with two resistances, one in series and the other in parallel.
 

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